na-IskEm shawash k'inuL pus uk olman LuchmEn ya-palach-kEmtEks

[David Robertson]

LaXayEm, kanawi siXs,

Lush pus mca-munk-help nayka.  Na-IskEm uk shawash k'inuL 'tabak'
pus palach khapa uk olman LuchmEn ya-munk-kEmtEks nayka wawa Npoqinishcn.

Yaka pi ya-man, dret kol sik Laska.  Yaka tIki munk-smok uk shawash tabak,
k'iwa kakwa ya-tEmtEm dret ilEp Lush, pi yawa wik ya-munk-ho'ho'.

Tukamomak na-wawa mersi mayka pus ilahan.

Nawitka sIk tEmtEm nayka pus wik na-wawa kakwa pus mca-kEmtEks.

[Please help me.  I'm looking for Indian tobacco to give to my elder
Spokane teacher.

[She and her husband have very bad colds.  She wants to smoke Indian
tobacco because then she feels much better and doesn't cough.

[Thanks a hundred times for helping.

[I'm sorry if I don't talk clearly enough to be understood.]

Dave


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